[ILQSO] County Lines

Thu, 5 Sep 2002 20:05:43 -0500

This is basically what I did in southern IL two years ago.  Found the marker
and spread my radials out around it.  No traffic up the side of the hill to
worry about in the Shawnee National Forest (no *human* traffic anyhow...)

73, Jim N9JF
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Pennebaker <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] County Lines

> This is "Ham Radio Ingenuity" at it's finest!!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] County Lines
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Some interesting viewpoints and several have merit.     For what it's
> > worth to the county hunters, here's what we do when at a 4-county line
> > which intersects in the middle of an intersection.
> >
> > Fortunately the 4 counties rarely meet in an urban setting with a LOT of
> > traffic so we just use a counterpoise with our antenna system.   We run
> > the counterpoise made of thin insulated hookup wire out to the center of
> > the road where we usually find the surveyor's marker (like a big nail
> > head).   We circle the marker with the end of our counterpoise wire and
> > hold it down with chunks of duct tape every foot or two as needed.   We
> > have never had to re-tape it once it is in place even tho trucks, etc.
> > have run over it for the whole contest period.   Teardown is real easy
> > even in the dark or we could just abandon the stuff if we had to.  We
> > always make a photo of the marker and wire in case somebody takes us to
> > court,  HI.     Not sure how much the signal strength is improved but it
> > lets us feel we are legal.
> >
> > Se y'all in a few weeks.
> >
> > Bud Frohardt   W9DY
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